Subject: “Ouch!”
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Posted on: 2014-05-03 21:07:00 UTC

Agent-in-training Hieronymus staggered back from the wall that had suddenly appeared in front of him, clutching his fore-head with both hands. "What was this?" he hissed.

"Scene shift," whispered Androia Avatar. "Didn’t you see it coming? You should always look out for these at the end of a paragraph. Let me see!"

"I know," grumbled Hieronymus, lowering his hands to reveal the sprouting bump. "I’ve seen all these slapstick events in the archives, but they mostly happen when there isn’t even a paragraph, don’t they?" He didn’t like to be lectured, and being thrice the lecturer’s age in physical appearance, about one hundred times her age in life experience, and being her creator, didn’t help the matter at all. "I didn’t expect problems here," he added accusingly. "You told me this would be a place to watch good writing."

"This requires cooling. Give me your handkerchief," demanded Androia, pulling a water-bottle out of her backpack. "
I think I know just who to talk to..." she quoted. "Ending with an ellipsis, this is a hint that the next we will see is Penny talking to this other person, and you wouldn’t expect them to come to Penny’s not-a-Response-Center, would you?"

Hieronymus pressed the wet handkerchief to his bruise. "Okay, okay," he growled, "I got it. Can we now continue watching?"


I’m so sorry. Appearances of my not-existing agents should probably be restricted to the badfic games, but this scene shift did take me out of the story, and I just had to write me back in again, because I don’t want to miss what happens next. Also, I realized that I had not posted for more than a month, so it was time to give a sign of life.

HG

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